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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I like this. None of the BS in house drama and any smack talk is in good fun between people who respect each other. Can't wait for next week.

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A Waitress Sketches Her Clientele

This only reinforces my hatred for the general public. I could never work in the service industry.

Great sketches.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I like this. None of the BS in house drama and any smack talk is in good fun between people who respect each other. Can't wait for next week.

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A Waitress Sketches Her Clientele

This only reinforces my hatred for the general public. I could never work in the service industry.

Great sketches.

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Sushi Bait and Switch Reaction Swift and Strong: What's Next, Shoeamaki?

I think they protest too much.

Unless they are sampling every piece of fish they serve there is no guarantee.

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Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly

I've never relied on tips.

Get a better job.


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Zuni Cafe's $8 Nectarine Dessert Is Just a Nectarine; Diners Left Confused

What ever Chef Boy Ar Dee Horn.

Can you try any harder to be a douchebag?

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Eat Kangaroo, Save the Earth?

I'm all for it.

I've already started buying Boer goat as a regular meat source from a friend of mine who raises them to sell.

So I could eat kangaroo.

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David Lynch's Organic Coffee

18 bones for 8 ounces of coffee.

I can get fresh roasted Kona for less than that.

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The Next Food Network Star Season Finale

Holy crap they make the contestants pay a percentage back to Food Network.

Does Top Chef do this as well?

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Served: On (Not) Knowing What We Want

Ah but Carosone you at least tried the martini.

Nothing wrong with not liking something.

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'The Next Food Network Star,' Episode 6 Recap: Brownies, Not the Edible Kind

I liked this part of the competition better when they did it on Top Chef this season.

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'Pig Meets Its Potential'

Bwahahahaha

I love it.

Makes me want a hotdog like you wouldn't believe.

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Rachael Ray's Memoir, Coming Soon

She is pretty much self made so you gotta respect that a little.

And she has never claimed to be anything more than a cook and TV personality.

I'm not buying her book but I don't understand all the hate and bile from the internet critics.

How miserable does your life have to be to hate someone you don't even know.

I'm not talking about anyone here but this is just something that's been eating at me lately.

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Emeril Live Comes To Fine Living with a Bam

I'm not a big fan of the stuff he cooks but I love watching Emeril work the crowd.

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Q & A: Top Chef's Lisa Fernandes

Oh and I really like the short hair cut and the smile in the current pic.

I'd hit it!

LOL

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Q & A: Top Chef's Lisa Fernandes

Lisa, I gotta say I wasn't rooting for you during the series but I've got to say that you grew the most during the show.

Any punk who hates someone on a reality TV show isn't worth the oxygen we breath.

I wish you the best and even though I was a huge Steph fan I wouldn't have been upset to see you win after seeing the amazing dishes you pulled off in the finale.

Much love
Jim Glover

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Video: Sandra Lee 'Delicious, Delicious, Delicious' Montage

How can you not be a Sandra fan after that. That's more entertaining than any "competition" on foodtv.

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Video: Sandra Lee 'Delicious, Delicious, Delicious' Montage

I've thought a bit about this and what concerns me most is the number of hours of Sandra Lee footage you must have had to watch in order to pull this together. You poor soul!

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I enjoyed the "gimmicks". Let's face it, these chefs already have earned their toques. Now it is time to take them out of their comfort zones and make them sweat (but not like Michael - ew). I was rooting for Tim too, but Hubert was a class act from start to finish. They don't need the loft-drama. They already know and respect each other. This is really about showing their poise and creativity when things go south. Kelly is about as appealing as a plain rice cake, and she can leave any time.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

Masters is as exciting as an Ambien with a chamomile tea chaser...

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I don't think there is "more drama"...at least not yet. Go Hubert Keller! I can't wait to find out who is competing with. Anyone know who is in the next episodes besides Wylie Dufresne?

Hillary
Chew on That

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

Gotta disagree peekpoke. Kelly Choi could read a cue card without looking pained. That alone put her above KLJ.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

Show is ok, more entertaining than Masterchef Australia (which is on right now, go check ISOHunt), but not as real as Masterchef Pro.

Worst part for me was the editor of Saveur (who was insufferable on Iron Chef as a judge), and the short time each contestant lasts on the show. I know it's a hard to tie up top people like this for more than a day or two at a time. But it seems like we are loosing some of the most entertaining people right after we met them.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

Kelly Choi major let down. Katie Lee Joel was a lot better than her. However, Padma is all time favorite
Overall, funny show and great cooking.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

Enjoyed the show very much! I liked seeing the chefs out of their comfort zones, I liked seeing how they got creative and just plain enjoyed watching people who are really good at what they do...do it. Plus, I really liked that the chefs were friendly and nice to each other--seemed like real rapport going on among them. Looking forward to the whole season.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I fell asleep. The food was interesting but the show was not. And I am a HUGE fan of the Top Chef show so I was really disappointed in this one.
I liked watching Hubert Keller though.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

In terms of innovation and creativity, Hubert Keller seemed the more talented of the group by leaps and bounds. Plus he had the hot factor.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I liked it -- not as much fun as regular top chef, but neat to see these renowned chefs still making absolutely amazing food while out of their element. I also liked how collegial they were with each other -- it was refreshing and charming. I still can't wait for the next season of regular top chef to return, though ...

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I enjoyed the show. I thought Hubert had a lovely whimiscal presentation with his quickfire challenge and it looked like all the components tasted great. Also his use of the shower for his mac and cheese was a classic. He really seemed pretty relaxed even when he lost his shopping cart. What fun!

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I really enjoyed TCM! I came home from the gym early and squeezed in most of it before I had to leave for work.

I must say I really enjoyed this. It was nice to see professionals out of their comfort zone (sorry I really loved them trying to please girl scouts and cook in a dorm room) and really rock it! I was impressed .. haven't seen the end yet, but there was no spoilers in this .. it's obvious who the winner is, but I enjoyed everyone's effort!

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I really enjoyed it, but did they have to show it four times in a row? (at least according to my TV Guide page) I watched it, and then I thought they would show another episode, but it was the same one, over again. I turned off the TV at that point, so I'm not sure how many times they actually showed it. Still, I did enjoy it, and thought the best man won. (I also liked the hostess. I thought she was better than Padma...sorry! She just seemed to have more style.)

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I was on a slow burn because of the gimmicks. I have long said that the weakest bits on TC are cooking for kids and making-something-out-of-the-snack-machine type stunts. For the love of Julia Child, let them cook real food for adults!

Both quickfire and main contest were gimmicky tonight. Aaarrgghhh!! At least they told them ahead that they were cooking for kids. The dorm deal was not so fair (from what viewers saw) as I don't think it was said whether the judges were college kids, sophisticated critics, or the combo. Hard to decide your dish w/o knowing the audience and weight of scores.

I second the motion that tasting be blind.

I think the judges were way more forgiving than they would be for the typical TC contestants. I was rooting for Tim, who they praised a bit for doing so well despite the freezer fiasco. Imagine what they would have said had one of the regular goofs made that mistake. Colichio would have crawled him good.

I hope the future contests are less gimmick, more real cooking chops. Congrats to Keller. He deserved it. I enjoy his PBS shows.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

@adrockuw,

I agree with you that the dishes should be presented to the judges anonymously. That is the fairest ways to do things, no doubt about it. On the other hand, I started watching this rooting for Tim Love, a fellow Texan and the only chef I really knew anything about going in. Hubert Keller won this thing hands down, fair and square. No one of the contestants made a really bad dish as far as I could tell, but Keller's were better.

He adapted and overcame. He walked into the grocery store, looked at what they had on hand and decided on what to cook. The other chefs walked in hoping to find what they needed to cook something they knew well or wanted to cook. He did not whine or bellyache about the tools and conditions that he was saddled with and he did not make any major mistakes. That's why he won.

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What to Expect from Tonight’s 'Top Chef Masters' Premiere

I enjoyed it, but I really think they should have presented the dishes anonymously. The judges seemed more interested in smooching on Keller than they were in actually judging. If it's going to be this kind of party every week I'll be able to pick the winner based on resume before they even start cooking.

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Eat Kangaroo, Save the Earth?

hey everyone..
well Im an Aussie and i eat roo all the time its a family fav.

most ppl make the mistake of cooking roo like beef but u cant due to the lack of fat if u do u dry it out and make it tough and gamy...yuck!

We have too many roos here (to the point the goverment had to cull some near my place a few months back due to a lack of food and dangerous numbers) and they are healthy (less fat more protein)

so hey eat roo eat the bald eagle if u want (i thought it was endangered? and if so please dont.) Im not upset up it and alot of other aussies arent either.

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Served: My Plea To Tip Kindly

I know I'm a little late to the table, but this is an issue that always gets me wound up and I just wanted to add my 20%

I was a barista for years, at an independent coffee shop and I depended on tips to survive. My minimum wage salary barely covered my rent and utility costs, so my tips provided me with food and other essentials as well as funds non essential items and activities which a person needs from time to time. To me a barista is no different than a bartender, they just serve different kinds of beverages. And I would assume that most people tip their bartender, even if all they are ordering is a bottled beer.
I actually labeled my tip jar "Karma Jar" and with the exception of one Hindu woman who found it offensive, people were very responsive to it. I always tip at least $1 esp if I know the tips are being pooled.

I also always tip the pizza delivery guys. They may get paid more than server rate, but they have to use their own car, and making frequent short trips does add to the wear and tear of any vehicle, plus buy their own gas and we all know how that's been lately. People have told me that it's not necessary to tip when a delivery fee is added to the bill, but more often then not that delivery fee goes to the restaurant, not the delivery guy. Pizza delivery can also be a rather dangerous occupation, for more info visit
http://tipthepizzaguy.com/
Which is a little snarky here and there but does give some perspective from the delivery guy's point of view

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